Indiana 2024 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1262 Compare Versions

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Old	New		Differences
1		-	~~HB1262.1~~
2		-	~~January 25, 2024~~
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	2	+	Introduced Version
3	3		HOUSE BILL No. 1262
4	4		_____
5		-	DIGEST OF ~~HB 1262 (Updated January 24, 2024 2:56 pm - DI 140)~~
6		-	Citations Affected: IC 20-33.
	5	+	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
	6	+	Citations Affected: IC 20-33-8.
7	7		Synopsis: Behavioral issues in schools. Permits a governing body of
8	8		a school corporation to establish a disruption policy concerning
9	9		student removal from and reentry to a classroom. Provides that a
10	10		principal, teacher, or school staff member may immediately remove a
11	11		disruptive student for a violation of school policy. Provides that a
12	12		principal must determine a disruptive student's placement. Provides
13	13		that a disruptive student who is removed from a classroom at least three
14	14		times during a 30 day period shall be considered chronically disruptive
15	15		and may be suspended. Requires that a disruption policy must be
16	16		included in certain written regulations.
17	17		Effective: July 1, 2024.
18	18		Smith V
19	19		January 9, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Education.
20		-	January 25, 2024, reported — Do Pass.
21		-	HB 1262—LS 6728/DI 143 January 25, 2024
	20	+	2024 IN 1262—LS 6728/DI 143 Introduced
22	21		Second Regular Session of the 123rd General Assembly (2024)
23	22		PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
24	23		Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
25	24		additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
26	25		Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
27	26		provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
28	27		word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
29	28		a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
30	29		Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
31	30		between statutes enacted by the 2023 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
32	31		HOUSE BILL No. 1262
33	32		A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
34	33		education.
35	34		Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
36	35		1 SECTION 1. IC 20-33-8-14, AS ADDED BY P.L.1-2005,
37	36		2 SECTION 17, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
38	37		3 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 14. (a) The following are the grounds for student
39	38		4 suspension or expulsion, subject to the procedural requirements of this
40	39		5 chapter and as stated by school corporation rules:
41	40		6 (1) Student misconduct.
42	41		7 (2) Substantial disobedience.
43	42		8 (3) Disruption under section 36 of this chapter.
44	43		9 (b) The grounds for suspension or expulsion listed in subsection (a)
45	44		10 apply when a student is:
46	45		11 (1) on school grounds immediately before or during school hours,
47	46		12 or immediately after school hours, or at any other time when the
48	47		13 school is being used by a school group;
49	48		14 (2) off school grounds at a school activity, function, or event; or
50	49		15 (3) traveling to or from school or a school activity, function, or
51	50		16 event.
52	51		17 SECTION 2. IC 20-33-8-18, AS AMENDED BY P.L.155-2020,
53		-	HB 1262—LS 6728/DI 143 2
	52	+	2024 IN 1262—LS 6728/DI 143 2
54	53		1 SECTION 18, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
55	54		2 JULY 1, 2024]: Sec. 18. (a) A principal may suspend a student for not
56	55		3 more than ten (10) school days under section 14, 15, or 16, or 36 of
57	56		4 this chapter. However, the student may be suspended for more than ten
58	57		5 (10) school days under section 23 of this chapter.
59	58		6 (b) A principal may not suspend a student before the principal
60	59		7 affords the student an opportunity for a meeting during which the
61	60		8 student is entitled to the following:
62	61		9 (1) A written or an oral statement of the charges against the
63	62		10 student.
64	63		11 (2) If the student denies the charges, a summary of the evidence
65	64		12 against the student.
66	65		13 (3) An opportunity for the student to explain the student's
67	66		14 conduct.
68	67		15 (c) When misconduct requires immediate removal of a student, the
69	68		16 meeting under subsection (b) must begin as soon as reasonably possible
70	69		17 after the student's suspension.
71	70		18 (d) Following a suspension, the principal shall send a written
72	71		19 statement to the parent of the suspended student describing the
73	72		20 following:
74	73		21 (1) The student's misconduct.
75	74		22 (2) The action taken by the principal.
76	75		23 (e) If a student is suspended, the student is required to complete all
77	76		24 assignments and school work assigned during the period of the
78	77		25 student's suspension. The principal or the principal's designee shall
79	78		26 ensure that the student receives:
80	79		27 (1) notice of any assignments or school work due;
81	80		28 (2) teacher contact information in the event the student has
82	81		29 questions regarding the assignments or school work; and
83	82		30 (3) credit, in the same manner that a student who is not suspended
84	83		31 would receive, for any assignments or school work assigned
85	84		32 during the period of the student's suspension that the student
86	85		33 completes.
87	86		34 A student may be allowed to make up missed tests or quizzes when the
88	87		35 student returns to school.
89	88		36 SECTION 3. IC 20-33-8-36 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
90	89		37 AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE JULY
91	90		38 1, 2024]: Sec. 36. (a) The governing body of a school corporation
92	91		39 may establish a disruption policy concerning student removal from
93	92		40 and reentry to a classroom if a student:
94	93		41 (1) disrupts the educational function of the classroom; or
95	94		42 (2) challenges the authority of school corporation personnel
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	95	+	2024 IN 1262—LS 6728/DI 143 3
97	96		1 who are supervising the classroom.
98	97		2 (b) A principal, teacher, or school staff member may
99	98		3 immediately remove a disruptive student from a classroom setting
100	99		4 for a violation of a policy under subsection (a).
101	100		5 (c) A principal shall determine the placement of a disruptive
102	101		6 student removed from a classroom under subsection (b). Placement
103	102		7 of a student may include:
104	103		8 (1) another classroom in the school;
105	104		9 (2) an alternative program; or
106	105		10 (3) a virtual program.
107	106		11 (d) A disruptive student who is removed under subsection (b) at
108	107		12 least three (3) times within a thirty (30) day period shall be
109	108		13 considered chronically disruptive and may be suspended.
110	109		14 (e) A policy adopted under subsection (a) must be included in
111	110		15 any written regulations created under section 10 of this chapter.
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113		-	COMMITTEE REPORT
114		-	Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Education, to which was referred
115		-	House Bill 1262, has had the same under consideration and begs leave
116		-	to report the same back to the House with the recommendation that said
117		-	bill do pass.
118		-	(Reference is to HB 1262 as introduced.)
119		-	BEHNING
120		-	Committee Vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0
121		-	HB 1262—LS 6728/DI 143
	111	+	2024 IN 1262—LS 6728/DI 143